Dear Juno, or any other teenage parent in this position,
I just finished viewing your film and I think you handled the little speedbump on your path quite well! You know, shit happens. Life doesn’t always turn out exactly as we thought it was going to or hand us the best lemons, but I feel like you adjusted to the situation pretty maturely and went about it with your best foot forward. Honestly, I completely agree with how you chose to be open and honest with your parents about what had happen with Bleeker, and I also stand and support your decision of adoption 100%. For me personally, if I was in your position Juno, I am at crossroads with what I would make my final decision. Until a couple weeks ago when we began discussing abortion, I was pretty pro-life. I told myself that if I were to ever become, let’s say… 16 and pregnant, I would go to term with the pregnancy and put the child up for adoption but I would still want to be in SOME part of that child’s life. As we talked about it more though, I began to realize and appreciate the fact that women have a choice in whether having a baby is suitable for their life at this point or not. I can honestly say that if I were to find out I was pregnant tomorrow, I would be on my way to planned parenthood to get an adoption because I am not about to put my life at a halt to raise or have the stress of a child or pregnancy.
I just finished viewing your film and I think you handled the little speedbump on your path quite well! You know, shit happens. Life doesn’t always turn out exactly as we thought it was going to or hand us the best lemons, but I feel like you adjusted to the situation pretty maturely and went about it with your best foot forward. Honestly, I completely agree with how you chose to be open and honest with your parents about what had happen with Bleeker, and I also stand and support your decision of adoption 100%. For me personally, if I was in your position Juno, I am at crossroads with what I would make my final decision. Until a couple weeks ago when we began discussing abortion, I was pretty pro-life. I told myself that if I were to ever become, let’s say… 16 and pregnant, I would go to term with the pregnancy and put the child up for adoption but I would still want to be in SOME part of that child’s life. As we talked about it more though, I began to realize and appreciate the fact that women have a choice in whether having a baby is suitable for their life at this point or not. I can honestly say that if I were to find out I was pregnant tomorrow, I would be on my way to planned parenthood to get an adoption because I am not about to put my life at a halt to raise or have the stress of a child or pregnancy.
Yours truly,
Lindsey